How Relevant is an Inflation Index That Ignores All Energy Prices?

via advisorperspectives: Note: The charts in this commentary have been updated to include this morning’s Consumer Price Index news release. Back in 2010, the Fed justified its aggressive monetary policy “to promote a stronger pace of economic recovery and to help ensure that inflation, over time, is at levels consistent with its mandate” (full text). In effect, the Fed … Read more

Parents Now Taking On Most New Student Debt

by John Rubino Not so long ago, student debt was mostly the responsibility of students. That is, you paid for college with loans and then paid off those loans with the proceeds of the good job you got with an advanced education. These days it’s a little different. The cost of higher education is soaring, … Read more

Inflation is in the news, but what is it?

By Jeffrey A. Tucker at the American Institute for Economic Research: It’s in all the economic headlines now: the inflation threat is back. The Wall Street Journal reports: Inflation is back in the spotlight. Are we in for some surprises? First, let’s look at pipeline prices. The producer-price index, a gauge of what businesses are paying, jumped … Read more

YouTube Will Now Decide FOR YOU What Is And What Isn’t AUTHORITATIVE NEWS!

The mainstream media outlets are not getting the views they used to on cable television. People no longer trust the mainstream outlets and rightly so! This video discusses a new policy announced by Youtube a few days ago that suggests that even more draconian censorship practices are becoming official policy. It was becoming increasingly clear … Read more

How Amazon Rules

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter It owns 33% of the internet “cloud,” 49% of US e-commerce, and is elbowing into other sectors. Amazon (AMZN) is a Goliath in very different sectors. One is the internet cloud, a booming business. Amazon Web Services has evolved into the single largest player offering cloud computing services to companies, governments, … Read more

Big Pharma and the Rise of Gangster Capitalism

by Charles Hugh-Smith $8 per vial in competing developed-world nations and $38,892 in the U.S. That says it all. Thanks to decades of gangster films, we all know how gangster capitalismworks: the cost of “protection” goes up whenever the gangster wants to increase revenues, any competition is snuffed out, and “customer demand” is jacked up by any … Read more

A Short History of U.S. Trade Wars

by visualcapitalist The Chart of the Week is a weekly Visual Capitalist feature on Fridays. History is full of trade wars. In the majority of cases, the consequences are mostly economic – trade barriers are enacted, and then retaliatory measures are used to counter. Relations can continue to escalate until an understanding can be reached by both parties. … Read more

It Could Really Happen! Republicans Are Preparing To Impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein

by Michael Snyder  If this happens, it could change everything.  Even more than Peter Strzok, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is a perfect example of a deep state operative.  No matter who we have sent to Washington, our government agencies have always been dominated by deep state operatives such as Rosenstein, and up until recently the American … Read more

The second most important result from hearing was Strzok admitting DOJ’s 4th in command Bruce Ohr also husband of Hillary paid operative at Fusion GPS actually passed the fake dossier that came FROM RUSSIA to The FBI.

And his wife working for Fusion GPS got a ham license http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/LicArchive/license.jsp?archive=Y&licKey=12382876 around that time. Totally random and coincidental I am sure.   h/t gargantuan

Judicial Watch: FBI Begins Releasing Strzok-Page Communications, DOJ Objects to Preservation Order.

by TFittonJW Judicial Watch’s Herculean efforts gets results: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-fbi-begins-releasing-strzok-page-communications-doj-objects-to-preservation-order/ My Judicial Watch discussion of our lawsuit for Page-Strzok docs: More background: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-fbi-ask-strzok-page-preserve-records/  

There Is Trouble In The Financial Sector

TradersChoice.net, Released on 7/13/18 Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. He is an active trader of the capital markets and has published several books pertaining to finance, global economics, and equity trading; His most recent book is titled Ultimate … Read more